The first table below looks at the demand for E-Commerce skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Rank 6 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 26 17 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.05% 6.028% 6.803%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.69% 8.586% 9.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 13
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £315 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -50.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
E-Commerce
East of England

E-Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire E-Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-Commerce across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +4 14 £338 -10.00%
E-Commerce
East of England

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing E-Commerce also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-Commerce.

1 16 (39.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (31.71%) Scrum
2 13 (31.71%) .NET
3 12 (29.27%) C#
3 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
4 10 (24.39%) Finance
4 10 (24.39%) BDD
5 9 (21.95%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (21.95%) MVC
6 8 (19.51%) SOA
6 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
6 8 (19.51%) Retail
6 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
7 7 (17.07%) TDD
7 7 (17.07%) HTML
7 7 (17.07%) Project Management
8 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
8 6 (14.63%) SpecFlow
8 6 (14.63%) Git (software)
9 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (12.20%) Windows
10 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2
10 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
10 4 (9.756%) CMS
10 4 (9.756%) KnockoutJS
10 4 (9.756%) Banking
10 4 (9.756%) Project Planning
10 4 (9.756%) Web Development
10 4 (9.756%) NHibernate
11 3 (7.317%) PCI DSS

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing E-Commerce also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (31.71%) .NET
2 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
3 7 (17.07%) HTML
4 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (9.756%) NHibernate
5 4 (9.756%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (7.317%) CSS
7 2 (4.878%) Web Services
7 2 (4.878%) XML
7 2 (4.878%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.439%) CSS3
8 1 (2.439%) XHTML
8 1 (2.439%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.756%) CMS
2 3 (7.317%) Windows Azure
2 3 (7.317%) NServiceBus
3 2 (4.878%) IIS
4 1 (2.439%) Apache
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.439%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Taleo
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.439%) Agresso
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) OLAP
2 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git (software)
1 6 (14.63%) SpecFlow
2 3 (7.317%) Selenium
2 3 (7.317%) WebDriver
2 3 (7.317%) Cucumber
2 3 (7.317%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.878%) WATIR
General
1 10 (24.39%) Finance
2 8 (19.51%) Retail
3 4 (9.756%) Banking
4 2 (4.878%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.878%) Front Office
5 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.439%) Games
5 1 (2.439%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Project Manager
2 10 (24.39%) Developer
3 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Business Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Web Developer
5 4 (9.756%) ScrumMaster
5 4 (9.756%) Agile Project Manager
6 3 (7.317%) Architect
6 3 (7.317%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.317%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.878%) C# Developer
7 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.878%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.878%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.878%) Test Leader
7 2 (4.878%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (2.439%) Payments Business Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Change Project Manager
8 1 (2.439%) Agile Business Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.439%) Statistics
2 1 (2.439%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (2.439%) SaaS
2 1 (2.439%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (31.71%) Scrum
3 10 (24.39%) BDD
4 9 (21.95%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (21.95%) MVC
5 8 (19.51%) SOA
5 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
6 7 (17.07%) Project Management
6 7 (17.07%) TDD
7 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2
7 4 (9.756%) Project Planning
7 4 (9.756%) Web Development
8 3 (7.317%) Agile Testing
8 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.317%) Content Management
9 2 (4.878%) ERP
9 2 (4.878%) Kanban
10 1 (2.439%) Revenue Management
10 1 (2.439%) Dependency Injection
10 1 (2.439%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) C#
2 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.317%) Ruby
4 2 (4.878%) Python
4 2 (4.878%) Java
5 1 (2.439%) PHP
5 1 (2.439%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.317%) Endeca
2 3 (7.317%) hybris
3 2 (4.878%) SAP
3 2 (4.878%) TIBCO
3 2 (4.878%) ATG
3 2 (4.878%) Open Text
4 1 (2.439%) Cognos
4 1 (2.439%) IBM
4 1 (2.439%) EPiServer
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle
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